The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-19
JOURNEY THROUGH CHINA.


server.
In a lecture at Roberts Park church,
says The Indianapolis Journal, DR..
Parkhurst treated his audience with an
illustrated trip from Japan through to
America.
The first country Travelled through
was China. DR.. Parkhurst said: "The
upper classes of the Chinese are the
most conceited people on earth. Their
bearing Is at all times naughty and
pompous. They can not understand
why the ignorant barbarlans of this
country and Europe should send mis-
,ioniaries 10 them. The Chinese Of
The higher classes are large men. The
masses, of whom you see examples in
this country, are small. This is due
10 their stinted supplies Of food. Their
food allowance is never regulated by
their hunger, but always by their needs
and their ability TO buy. An average
Hooser will eat about four times as
much as Chinaman, Japanese. or
Hndoo of the lower classes. In China
you can almost always tell whether q
man is from the higher or lower class
cs by his size.
China is an extensive country. The
principal river, the Yang-tse Kiang, is
the third river for length. Pekin Is so
far north that IL is blocked by snow for
several months in the year China is
a country of walks, towers, and filth.
The eye Is RECALLED and the nose assail-
ed on all hands. One may think that
the Chinese will not come to this coun-
try, but they will. They can not be
kept out. The man who does the best
work for the least money will get the
work. The remedy is to compete with
brains against their muscle. Make
them servants by superior intelligence.
They are great people for amuse-
ments. They make large and fantas-
tlcally-shapcd kites. They fasten cut
glass to the kite strings. and then cross
strings and try 10 make each other lose
kites by saving strings in two. The
aters are held in the open air. The
programs are series of pictures of the
different scenes instead of descriptive
words.
Relatives congregate in China. In
one village can be found all the people
Browns. In another they are all
Joneses. The village government is
patriarchal, the oldest person ruling.
whether man or woman. There are
said to be only two hundred family
names in all China, which accounts for
the similarity of the names Of those who
come to this country. They are spir-
ilualists. and the spirtualism of this
country is tame by the side of theirs.
When they start to sea they throw gilt
paper, which they call spirit money.
on the water to propitiate the spirits of
the drowned persons who are supposed
to dwell there. Their streets are new
err straight They run Il short distance
straight and then jog squarely to one
side, and then on again. / asked
Chinaman the reason OF this. He said
it was on account Of the spirits; that
they could not see well, and when they
were following man, if he lodged
around corner they would run into the
wall ahead and then turn around and
90 back The Chinese women are all
without character. They are taught
to obey any man who commands them.
If n mans wife goes away with another
man he may punish the man but never
blames her. II China is to be brought
to Christianity it will be necessary to
send women missionaries to teach the
Chinese women. There ought to be
five women missionaries sent to one
man. The greatest curse to China Is
opium. Its use is increasing. They
now raise it themselves. and it looks
like it would ruin this frugal, iudnstri-
Gus nation.
From China the lecturer passed to
india. He considered British rule in
India benfit to the country. and said
the common people recognized II az
such. The reason of the continual
conflict between Russia and Great
Britain over the Afghan country is that
1t affords the only access to India for
armies except by sea. The Hmalayas
are impossible for troops. He saw
two hundred miles in which there was
no pass that mountaineer would at
tempt. The passes Of Afghanistan are
held by native troops in British
pay differed by Englishmen.
From India he skipped to Italy,
thence TO Scotland. and last to Ireland.
In each country views of the buildings
and scenery were given, closing with
o view of Queenstown harbor. The
audience was small but apprecative.
and the lecture was enjoyed by all who
heard II.